NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
February 14, 2003

REMINDER

NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETING: NEW YORK CITY
Digital Publishing:
A Practical Guide to the Problem of Intellectual Property Rights
in the Electronic Environment, for
Artists, Museums, Authors, Publishers, Readers and Users.
http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2003/nyc.html

In association with the College Art Association's Committee on Intellectual
Property, NINCH presents its 21st Copyright Town Meeting as part of the
2003 College Art Association Annual Conference.

The advantages of digital publishing online seem clear to many authors,
largely because of the potential for reaching wide and often new audiences.
However, owners of images and many publishers are not so convinced about
the benefits of moving online and some fear losing economic control of
their copyrighted material.

This NINCH Copyright Town Meeting will survey the rights challenges of
publishing art history and art criticism online. The impact of the TEACH
Act (Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act) on digital
publishing will also be discussed as Distance Education products fit well
within the spectrum that includes both traditional publishing and
class-room teaching.

The meeting brings together authors, publishers, museum administrators,
legal counsel, and culture and media historians to discuss their
experiences and provide their advice for moving forward. As with all NINCH
Copyright Town Meetings, the audience is encouraged to participate and
ample time is reserved for that purpose.

The NINCH Copyright Town Meetings seek to balance expert opinion and
audience participation on the basics of copyright law, the implications of
copyright online, recent changes in copyright law and practice, and
practical issues related to the networking of cultural heritage materials.
The program will include plenty of time for audience questions, comments
and discussion. For information on all NINCH Copyright Town meetings, see
http://www.ninch.org/copyright/.

NINCH expresses its gratitude to Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
<http://www.cll.com/>, for its generous sponsorship of this meeting,

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